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H. MACARTHY. LABEL HOLDER FOR GA NISTERS.

Patented Apr. 12,1892.

' UNITED STATES Pmunwr OFFICE.

HENRY MACARTI-IY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR TO s. A. ILSLEY & 00.,

or SAME PLACE.

LABEL-HOLDER FOR CANISTER-S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,794, dated April 12,1892.

Application filed December 12, 1891. Serial No. 414,788. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MACAR'IHY, a citizen of the United States,'residingat the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Decorated Sheet-Metal Canisters, of which the following is a specification.

In decorated sheet-metal canisters as heretofore made the names'of the spices or other articles that are to be placed in such canisters are painted upon their face, and occasions sometimes arise where it is advantageous to be able to quickly change the names without the trouble and expense of erasing one name and painting on another. In preparing metal sheets for such canisters the decoration is done on the flat sheet, and this cannot be done if any projecting pieces are soldered to the face, and when decorated the soldering of any pieces upon the decorated faces of the sheets destroys the decoration adjacent to such pieces.

Vith these explanations of the conditions it will be understood that my invention relates to angular sheet-metal clip-pieces having tongues formed therewith, which tongues are inserted through openings or mortises made in the decorated sheet metal of the canister, and these tongues are bent over on the inside to secure the clip-pieces in place without the use ofsolder. These clip-pieces receive and hold the separate and removable name-plate, so that it cannot fall out, and the name-plate can be removed and turned over to show a name on the reverse side, or another plate can be inserted bearing a different name, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a canister, showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan adjacent to the name-plate on the line a; m. Fig. 3 is a rearwise perspective view of the angular sheet-metal clip-piece in larger size.

In the drawings, Ct represents the front, I) the top, I) the lid, 0 c the sides, and d the bottom, of a sheet-metal canister, which may be of any form or shape desired, the surfaces of the metal being decorated by painting, printing, varnishing, or otherwise.

6 represents the name plate, which is a separate and removable piece of sheet metal, and upon one or both sides of this plate a name is-painted to indicate the contents of the canister. Iprefer to paint or printa name on both sides. I

ff represent the angular sheet-metal clippieces. (Shown particularly in the enlarged perspective view, Fig. 3.) These clip-pieces are each composed of a triangular-shaped piece of sheet metal with two edges at right angles to each other and with a front portion 7 3, inturned-edge portions 4:, and tongues 5,

whiohtonguesare continuations of the inresting on the inturned-edgeportions 4, and

said edge portions, by their width governing the distance of the clip-faces 3, form the face of the canister, or, in other words, the space into which the name-plate is inserted. The clip-pieces being secured without solder, the decorations on the canister are not-injured.

My improvement provides for changing the name upon a decorated sheet-metal canister with facility and without injury to the canister'.

I do not claim securing the parts of decorated canisters together by tongues passing through mortises, as handles have been so secured and have also supported name-plates. By the present improvement the triangular clip-pieces perform the duty of holding the name plate both vertically and longitudinally, and they have nothing to do with any handle.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with a decorated sheetmetal canister, of sheet-metal clip-pieces, each having two edges at right angles to each other and having tongues projecting from such edges and passing through mortises in the face of the canister for securing such angular clip-pieces in place, and a removable name- 5 plate adapted to be inserted within and held by said angular clip-pieces, substantially as and for the purposes set forth;

Signed by me this 10th day of December, A. D. 1891.

HENRY MACARTHY.

Witnesses GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL. 

